October 23, 2021 by Jamelle Bouie

You know, I’m always just walking around Charlottesville and taking pictures. Here is the latest batch from the last month or so of walking and living and exploring. I’ve been using a Yashica-D camera and this was Ilford XP2 Super film.

Wayside Fried Chicken, a much-loved gem of the Charlottesville food scene.

The basement of this building contains the best wine shop in town.

Daedalus Books is this massive and magical warehouse of used books. One of my favorite places in town.

The water tower over in Woolen Mills. A little vignetting from the lens hood, I think.

August 21, 2021 by Jamelle Bouie

Bought a new camera a little while ago and have been trying to use it as much as possible. Here are some highlights from the last few weeks.

A VW van I saw over at Barracks Road shopping center.

Little Star restaurant on an early Saturday morning.

A very lovely Oldsmobile, seen in my neighborhood.

Durty Nelly’s Pub over on Jefferson Park Ave.

more car stuff

August 09, 2021 by Jamelle Bouie

The boy and I went to a few more car shows last month. These are the best photos from both of those outings.

This first batch are digital.

And the rest are on film.

And here is the boy.

goodbye, bobby lee

August 07, 2021 by Jamelle Bouie

A few photos from the recent removal of the Robert E. Lee monument in Charlottesville. Taken using a Leica M10-D and various lenses.

a few recent things

August 06, 2021 by Jamelle Bouie

Taken around Charlottesville on an Olympus OM-1 using Fuji Superia X-Tra film.

memorial day

July 23, 2021 by Jamelle Bouie

This Memorial Day, I went to one of the cemeteries in town to photograph those graves where flags had been placed to honor veterans. This exercise ended up being a little more interesting than I anticipated (turns out we have veterans of the Spanish-American War buried here) and I thought I would share the (good) exposures from the outing.

some black and white stuff

July 06, 2021 by Jamelle Bouie

Pretty self-explanatory. These are photos from around town, taken on my digital Leica, made with black and white in mind.

eastside speedway

June 23, 2021 by Jamelle Bouie

Warm weather and vaccines has meant the return of car show season in central Virginia. My son and I went to one such car show last month, at Eastside Speedway in Waynesboro, Virginia, just over the mountain from Charlottesville. I shot a roll of film and a lot of digital pictures as well. You can see the digital stuff on my Instagram. Here is the film. I used Cinestill 50D, which is converted motion picture stock, and a Yashica Mat 124G camera

st. louis throwback

January 19, 2021 by Jamelle Bouie

I took these photos during a trip to St. Louis three years ago. I recently had the whole roll professionally scanned, which was a good opportunity to share the keepers. I no longer own the camera I used to take these pictures (a Leica M5) but I still have the lens and I use it all the time.

cars, trucks, etc.

January 16, 2021 by Jamelle Bouie

It’s very cliché but I like photographing old and decaying cars. Here are a few from the last month or so. I tend to think these work best in black and white, but if I see a good one in color, I’ll shoot it in color. The cameras used are a Yashica Mat 124G with Ilford XP2 Super film, a digital Leica, and my iPhone.